A cricket sang and set the sun

This work takes its title from an Emily Dickinson poem that begins, "The cricket sang And set the sun." When I read these words, I was moved by the powerful ideas they evoked. It was not just the image of a beautiful and slowly shifting sunset that struck me, but the idea that something so small could affect something so large, that a cricket's song could transform day into night. Although the piece is not directly based on the poem, I have tried to capture the sense of fascination, inspiration and beauty that these opening lines create.

A recording of A cricket sang and set the sun is available on Firefish: The Music of Blake Tyson